CITY OF BEAUFORT 1911 Boundary Street BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA 29902 Cultural District Advisory Board March 21, 2019 1911 Boundary Street City Hall, Executive Conference Room #2 2nd Floor I. Call to Order – Bonnie Hargrove, Chair 2:00PM II. Review of Minutes A. February 21, 2019 III. Old Business A. Spring Art Walk B. Bench Project C. A Little Taste of Piccolo In Beaufort music event, May 2-6, 2019/City of Beaufort – Taste of Beaufort D. Beaufort Art Council – participation at Taste of Beaufort IV. New Business A. Future plans for CDAB involvement with Art Walk (Fall Art Walk is October 26, 2019 – Coincides with HBF’s Fall Tour of Homes) B. Round Table – Announcements and Updates from Board Members V. Adjournment NOTE: IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS DUE TO A PHYSICAL CHALLENGE, PLEASE CALL IVETTE BURGESS 525-7070 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STATEMENT OF MEDIA NOTIFICATION "In accordance with South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, Section 30-4-80(d), as amended, all local media was duly notified of the time, date, place and agenda of this meeting." A meeting of the Cultural District Advisory Board (CDAB) was held on February 21, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the City Hall Executive Conference Room, 1911 Boundary Street. In attendance were Chairman Bonnie Hargrove, advisory board members Jacque Wedler, Lynda Dyer, and Megan Morris, and Linda Roper and Rhonda Carey, city staff. Board members Carol Lauvray and Mary Jane Martin were absent. Sandra Baggette, Lynn Brown, and Linda Tully from Atelier on Bay, and Carolyn Jebaily from Beaufort Art Association (BAA) were guests. In accordance with the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, Section 30-4-80(d) as amended, all local media were duly notified of the time, date, place, and agenda of this meeting. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Hargrove called the meeting to order at 2:14 p.m. She welcomed new board member Lynda Dyer, the CVB representative. MINUTES Chairman Hargrove made a motion, second by Ms. Wedler, to approve the minutes of the January 17, 2019 CDAB meeting. The motion to approve the minutes as submitted passed unanimously. ARTWALK Chairman Hargrove and the Atelier representatives discussed the history of ArtWalk and who would take on the community event that Main Street Beaufort once produced. It seemed to fit the Cultural District, Ms. Roper said. There is no ownership of the event, Chairman Hargrove said. Sandra Baggette agreed that it’s a community event. Chairman Hargrove said last April CDAB partnered with Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association on ArtWalk in conjunction with First Friday, and the event was a success. This year, there was a request to change the date to make it in conjunction with the Historic Beaufort Foundation (HBF) fall home tours. Because it is on a few calendars for April 5, she suggested keeping it on this date and changing it to coincide with the tours next year. Ms. Baggette said ArtWalk in the past coincided with the fall and spring home tours and took place on Saturdays, so home tour visitors could go to the galleries afterward. Lynn Brown said when ArtWalk was on the weekend of the home tours, it brought more people to the galleries who were interested in art than it did when it was in conjunction with First Friday. Ms. Baggette said the last ArtWalk was a big success, though, when people were downtown for the car show that was part of the First Friday event. Carolyn Jebaily said she had heard discussion about having a whole weekend for ArtWalk. She said she would think all types of arts – including performing arts – should be involved to make it more special, but she is most interested in knowing which date CDAB minutes February 21, 2019 Page 1 ArtWalk would be on. Ms. Baggette described HBF’s weekend-long tours in the past. Chairman Hargrove said April 5 is the advertised date for ArtWalk. Ms. Wedler said the fall home tours are October 25-27. The Architect’s Tour is March 16 this year, she said. Ms. Jebaily said TDAC said anything that takes place before the third week of March is more likely to be funded with ATAX money because that is before the peak tourism season. Ms. Morris made a motion to proceed with ArtWalk on April 5, and to work with gallery representatives to hold the fall ArtWalk in conjunction with the fall home tours October 25-27. Ms. Roper seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Ms. Jebaily said ArtWalk would be a sneak peek of a BAA art show that will open the following night. Chairman Hargrove asked if the cards for ArtWalk had been helpful. Ms. Baggette said they were, as were the flags. The posters were “probably the best,” she said. Some of the galleries mailed the postcards. Ms. Carey said ArtWalk was advertised on the city’s Facebook page. She said galleries could submit things that they were doing to “expand” the event’s publicity. Chairman Hargrove said they could use the same format for the press release that was used last year. Ms. Carey said the galleries could let her know of any particular features of their galleries for ArtWalk. She explained how the Facebook page and the events tabs would work. Chairman Hargrove said the Cultural District now has a Facebook page, too. Ms. Dyer said the event would also be picked up for the CVB’s calendar. The city will create a graphic for ArtWalk for Facebook, posters, and rack cards, Ms. Morris said. Chairman Hargrove said the posters would be done by next week. Instead of cards, she said she’d send a jpg for the galleries to use on their email lists. Ms. Baggette said having the digital version would cut costs, and the galleries would put posters about ArtWalk “all over town.” Ms. Morris said on April 5, Santa Elena would have a ship in the marina downtown, which would draw more people there. BENCH PROJECT Ms. Carey said she is waiting on 3 of the partners to get her their renderings for the benches, and then “in-house folks” will review them. The benches are ready, she said, and they’re on-track for installation on May 15, with a showing and reception for the benches May 10 at USCB, after which there will be a screening of Forrest Gump on the lawn at USCB. CDAB minutes February 21, 2019 Page 2 Ms. Carey said she likes that there are so many partners involved; it’s a successful collaborative project. Ms. Morris said Santa Elena Foundation has a room with nothing in it, so she is putting the bench there as “part of an evolving display” and a place for the artists to work on the bench. Ms. Carey said locations for the benches are 500 Carteret Street, the Black Chamber of Commerce, USCB, Santa Elena, the Reconstruction Era monument office, and Waterfront Park. Ms. Morris said the shuttle route has been expanded and includes the National Cemetery. She will ensure that the “latest graphics on that” are sent to CDAB members. Chairman Hargrove said about half the benches are “more history-related” and use different forms of art to explain that history. A LITTLE TASTE OF PICCOLO IN BEAUFORT MUSIC EVENT, MAY 2-6, 2019/CITY OF BEAUFORT – TASTE OF BEAUFORT Chairman Hargrove said this event would be the first weekend in May. Ms. Roper and Ms. Carey are working on Taste of Beaufort, and this event will piggyback on it. Chairman Hargrove said the Cultural District is working with the Black Chamber of Commerce on a dinner, to be catered by Saltus, which would raise funds for Pride of Place, which Ms. Roper explained. Donations can be general or specified for items and areas. For example, she said, they are hoping Pride of Place donations would help to fund electric outlets in Waterfront Park to make it easier for events and organizations to set up. The program was designed so people who want to donate can help to improve infrastructure in Beaufort, Ms. Roper said. Chairman Hargrove said Mayor Billy Keyserling is paying for the entertainment for A Little Taste of Piccolo in Beaufort this year, and Steve Rosenberg is helping to get talent to perform for it. If they decide they want it to expand into more of a cultural festival in Beaufort, she said, the Pride of Place money could be used for that. Ms. Carey and Chairman Hargrove described 4 musical performances: Thursday night at the dinner would be Charleston’s Mayor John Tecklenburg, Friday will be a program called “Lunch & Listen,” and two performers would be part of the Saturday Taste of Beaufort lineup. On Sunday at 3:00 p.m., Piccolo Spoleto artists will perform at an area church, possibly First Presbyterian. Ms. Carey said this would be a way of determining if there was “an appetite” for cultural performances of all kinds, and if so, Beaufort could have “an actual arts festival.” Chairman Hargrove said it’s a good way to gauge the type of response they get and to CDAB minutes February 21, 2019 Page 3 plan for next year, so they are working on a form for artists to apply to be a part of this. Ms. Jebaily said the performers are “juried in” for Piccolo Spoleto. Chairman Hargrove said they could work in the “art in unusual places” idea. Ms. Carey said Mr. Rosenberg has been involved with Piccolo Spoleto for a number of years, so he has been very helpful. There will be a variety of styles of music, including a harpsichord on Sunday.